Johns Hopkins University Provost Selected as GW's 16th President
Dr. Steven Knapp, distinguished scholar, fundraiser, and community leader, will take office August 1.
December 5, 2006  .  Press Release 

Banzhaf On Food Addiction
Professor John F. Banzhaf III appeared on the CBS "Evening News" to speak about fast food addiction and the legal remedies that could aid this health crisis.
November 30, 2006  .  Watch Video

Banzhaf on Laws Prohibiting Smoking to Protect Kids
John F. Banzhaf III appeared on NBC's "Today Show" to talk about children and second-hand smoke.
November 29, 2006  .  Watch Video

Webcast: IP Trademark Lecture
INTA President and E. & J. Gallo Winery Associate General Counsel Paul W. Reidl (J.D. ‘80) on the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006.
November 20, 2006  .  Watch Video

GW Wishing Tree Brings Smiles, Optimism to Local Foster Teens
Law students create a memorable holiday event for a great group of kids.
November 18, 2006  .  Full Story

Cheh Wins D.C. Council Seat
Professor Mary Cheh will assume the Ward 3 Council seat in January. "I can't wait to get to work."
November 8, 2006  .  More

Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer Holds Panel for His New Book, Active Liberty
GW Law Dean Frederick M. Lawrence and Professor Ira C. Lupu served as panelists at the event.
November 6, 2006  .  Full Story

Webcast: "What's Ahead on Highway 101?"
GW Law and Oracle Corporation team up for the sixth in a series of symposia.
November 3, 2006  .  Full Story

U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Lectures at GW Law
Attorney General Gonzales stopped into Professor Renée Lerner's Criminal Procedure class.
October 31, 2006  .  More

2006 Cohen & Cohen Mock Trial Competition
Read more about the competition and get details for the finals to be held November 9.
October 30, 2006  .  More

The Law of the Sea in the Twenty-First Century: A Symposium in Remembrance of Professor Louis B. Sohn
Colleagues, friends, and former students gathered for an all-day symposium to honor one of the greatest minds in international law.
October 24, 2006  .  More

“The New Face of Armed Conflict:
Enemy Combatants after Hamdan v. Rumsfeld”
The George Washington Law Review hosted a Symposium in celebration of its 75th Anniversary.
October 19-20, 2006  .  More

WEBCAST: "Deconstructing Iraq Reconstruction"
The Government Procurement Law Program hosted this special colloquium on contractor and procurement issues in Iraq.
October 13, 2006  .  More

Op-Ed: "Get Congress Out of the Page Business"
Professor Jonathan Turley writes an editorial for The New York Times about his own experience as a Capitol Hill page.
October 4, 2006  .  Full Editorial 

GW Law in the Blogosphere
Learn more about how our Law School professors are using the power of the internet to advance discussion on pressing legal and social issues.
October, 2006  .  More

GW Law Opens New Student Conference Center
Summer 2006 additions and renovations create significant new student meeting, lounge, study, and computing spaces.
September 27, 2006  .  Full Story

Constitution Day
Professor Paul Butler discuss the Fourteenth Amendment on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," Professor David Fontana delivers "Our Global Constitution" lecture.
September 17, 2006  .  Full Story

Turley Testifies for Voting Rights
Professor Jonathan Turley is a witness at the Congressional hearing for H.R. 5388, "District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006."
September 15, 2006  .  Watch Video

Cheh Wins D.C. Council Primary
Professor Mary Cheh said as Ward 3 Councilmember she will work on issues of public safety, constituent services, public schools, and the environment.
September 13, 2006  .  More

Former Vice President Al Gore to Speak at GW on Global Warming
GW Environmental Law Association hosts NAELS annual conference at GW Law March 15-18, 2007.
September 7, 2006  .  Full Advisory

New and Visiting Faculty
Learn more about GW Law's three new faculty members and 13 visiting professors. Welcome to Foggy Bottom!
September, 2006  .  Full Story

GW Names Five New Trustees
Trustees include GW Law alumni James F. Humphreys (J.D. '78), President, Humphreys & Associates and Robert K. Tanenbaum (J.D. '82), Principal, Lerner Enterprises and Washington Nationals Ownership Group.
August 22, 2006  .  Full Advisory

Cahn and Selmi on Working Moms
Professors Naomi Cahn and Michael Selmi's law journal article on media coverage of working moms gets its own media attention.
August 16, 2006  .  Full Story

Professor Spencer Overton Gives Lecture for New Book "Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression"
Overton also honored for fellowship at Yale Law's Jamestown Project.
August 2, 2006  .  Full Story

The Quiet Catalyst
J. Richard Knop (J.D. '69) waited out the tech boom to emerge an M&A powerhouse. Read more about this distinguished alumnus in the summer issue of GW Law Magazine.
August, 2006  .  Full Story

Leading Litigation at Coca-Cola
John Lewis Jr. (J.D. ’90) is senior managing counsel for The Coca-Cola Co. Read about his time at GW and his amazing career in this GW Law School Magazine profile.
August, 2006  .  Full Story

A Few Good Men & Women: Alumni and Professors on the Front Lines of the Legal Battles at Guantánamo Bay
A GW Law School Magazine feature.
August, 2006  .  Full Story

Attorney Raymond Niro (J.D. '69) is Profiled in Law.com
"Niro rarely looks for clients anymore. Instead, the charming, Chicago-based litigator hunts for patents."
July 20, 2006  .  Full Story

Spring 2006 International News & Events Wrap-Up
See highlights of the International and Comparative Law programs from the spring semester.
July, 2006  .  Full Story

Solove Wins Prestigious Award
Professor Daniel Solove's paper, "A Taxonomy of Privacy," was awarded the 2006 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Award for best paper of the year.
June 28, 2006  .  Full Story

GW IP Professors Present Patent Case to Supreme Court
John F. Duffy and Robert Brauneis' case is being described as the most important patent case in a generation.
June 27, 2006  .  Full Story

Dean Frederick M. Lawrence Announces Appointments to Endowed Chair and Research Professor Positions
Six faculty members are recognized with named positions.
June 27, 2006  .  Full Story

Photo Album: GW Law Alumni Nationals Baseball Outing
View photos from the June 8 Nationals game.
June 8, 2006  .  Full Story

In Memoriam: Louis B. Sohn
We are saddened by the news of the passing of a revered member of our family. Please read about the life of this amazing professor and legal figure.
June 7, 2006  .  Full Story

"Defendant's Right to Present Evidence: Alito's Notable First Opinion"
Read Visiting Professor of Law Laird Kirkpatrick's editorial in The National Law Journal.
June 5, 2006  .  Full Story

Jacob Burns Foundation Endows Faculty Chair at GW's Community Legal Clinics with $2 Million Gift
Gift brings Burns Family financial support of GW Law School to $6.8 million.
June, 2006  .  Full Story

"American Law Schools, Meet the World"
Professor David Fontana, one of the newest additions to our faculty, pens an editorial for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
May 26, 2006  .  Full Story

Commencement 2006
Highlights and photographs from the Law School Diploma Ceremony held on Sunday, May 21, 2006 as well as the Student Awards Ceremony and Dean's Reception.
May, 2006  .  Full Story

Commencement Profiles: John Martorana (LL.M. '06)
The third in a series that profiles a few of the many exceptional members of the Class of 2006.
May, 2006  .  Full Story

Commencement Profiles: Christine M. Fagan
The second in a series that profiles a few of the many exceptional members of the Class of 2006.
May, 2006  .  Full Story

Commencement Profiles:  Sean Krispinsky
The first in a series that looks at just a few of the many exceptional members of the GW Law Class of 2006.
May, 2006  .  Full Story

In Memoriam: Everett Grant Germain, Jr. (J.D. '59)
Father, attorney, and founder of the 47-year-old Annandale Boys’ & Girls’ Club lost his battle with cancer this month.
May 25, 2006  .  Full Story

Journal of Supreme Court History: "Courtroom to Classroom: Justice Harlan's Lectures at GW Law"
Read about Justice John Marshall Harlan's other career as a law professor. 
Full Story

Shelton's Work is Honored
Professor Dinah L. Shelton’s Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity noted by the New York Public Library as a “Best Reference.”
April 25, 2006  .  Full Story

Webcast: "Consolidation of the Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals: New Legislation's Impact on Practice Before the Boards"
Government Procurement Program co-hosts colloquium.
April 21, 2006  .  Full Story

GW’s Own Legal Powerhouse
Professor John F. Banzhaf III is profiled in The Daily Colonial.  "His class teaches students to become public interest lawyers while giving them real experience."
April 20, 2006  .  Full Story

A Voice for the District
Read a profile of Natalie O. Ludaway (J.D. ’86), managing partner of Leftwich & Ludaway and chair of the board of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce.
April 17, 2006  .  Full Story

Deans in Jeans Day BBQ
View a photo album from the event.
April 4, 2006  .  Full Story

GW Law Ranks 19th in U.S. News & World Report's Best Grad Schools
Specialties: intellectual property (3rd); international law (6th); environmental law (12th); and clinical training (15th).
April 3, 2006  .  Full Advisory

"A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice"
Professor Paul Butler delivers a lecture on racism and classism in our criminal justice system and how the Hip-Hop culture has long been a critic.
March 29, 2006  .  Full Story

SEC Historical Society Fireside Chat
Professor Theresa Gabaldon hosted a discussion on online fraud with SEC Office of Internet Enforcement Chief John Reed Stark.
March 28, 2006  .  Full Audio Program

Law School Launches New Center
The Creative and Innovative Economy Center (CIEC) is the latest addition to GW Law's growing portfolio of internationally recognized IP programs.
March 27, 2006  .  Full Story

Enrichment Series Lecture
Civil rights attorney Leonard Weinglass speaks on national security, terrorism, fair trials, and the Cuban Five.
March 23, 2006  .  Full Story

Voices of Guantánamo
GW Law's Human Rights Law Society and International Human Rights Clinic, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, hosted a first-of-its-kind event to discuss the administration’s use of detention and intelligence operations at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
March 20, 2006  .  Full Story

Peck Appointed to Board of National Center for State Courts
Read a profile of Professorial Lecturer in Law Robert S. Peck and learn more about this new appointment and other legal endeavors.
March 9, 2006  .  Full Story

GW Law's Statement on Rumsfeld v. FAIR
Read Dean Frederick M. Lawrence's statement on the Supreme Court ruling on the Solomon Amendment.
March 7, 2006  .  Full Story

Lingering Doubt
Read Professor Robert J. Cottrol's Legal Times editorial, "Dead Wrong: When Life Hangs in the Balance, Traditional Procedure Isn't Enough."
February 27, 2006  .  Full Story

In Memoriam: Edward R. Cummings (J.D. '75)
The GW Law community will greatly miss this alumnus who gave so much to our school and to the world.
February 27, 2006  .  Full Story

Government Contracts Luncheon and Roger Boyd Scholar Award
February 24, 2006  .  Full Story

Shaping a New Life at the Potter's Wheel: Lawyer Found Path From Cancer to Art
Read a profile of celebrated attorney Willie Leftwich (J.D. '67, LL.M. '71) in The Washington Post.
February 23, 2006  .  Full Story

Meet Professor Kirkpatrick 
We continue a series of Q&A sessions with new and visiting professors by talking with Visiting Professor Laird Kirkpatrick.
February 23, 2006  .  Full Story

Janet Spragens (J.D. '68) Succumbs to Cancer
Spragens, founder of the nation's first tax clinic for low-income taxpayers, will be sadly missed by the GW Law community.
February 22, 2006  .  Full Story

GW Law Hosts Charles H. Goldstein Labor Law Symposium
Distinguished group of labor law experts meet to discuss "Are Labor Unions Still Relevant in the 21st Century?"
February 17, 2006  .  Full Story

Farrell and Gould Win Van Vleck
Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Guido Calabresi and Sonia Sotomayor made up the bench of the competition. Includes a link to the full C-SPAN coverage of the event.
February 9, 2006  .  Full Story

Meet Professor Neil Hamilton
As the law school welcomes new and visiting professors this spring, we continue a series of Q & A sessions by talking with Visiting Professor Neil Hamilton.
January 27, 2006  .  Full Story

Schechter in IP Law 360
Professor Roger Schechter on issues of software copyright protection.
January 25, 2006  .  Full Story

Meier on Child Custody 
Professor Joan Meier speaks to NPR's "Justice Talking."
January 23, 2006  .  Full Story

Merger Expert Struck Gold Sticking With Government Contractors
J. Richard Knop (J.D. '69) is profiled in The Washington Post's "The Dealmakers."
January 16, 2006  .  Full Story

How Will Alito and Roberts Shape the Court?
Professor Joshua I. Schwartz debates McGeorge School of Law Professor Brian K. Landsberg on Legal Affairs' "Debate Club."
January 9, 2006  .  Full Story